world_bank_example.js

// import needed libraries
var sys = require('sys'),
   http = require('http');

// define what the connection connection to website will be:
var world_bank = http.createClient(80, 'http://open.worldbank.org');

// define where we're connecting on on the site
var request = world_bank.request('GET', '/countries/all/indicators/EN.ATM.CO2E.PC?date=2002:2002&format=json',
  {'host': 'http://open.worldbank.org'});



// define what to do when response comes back
request.addListener('response', function (response) {

// snippet of debugging code so we can see if the request code is '200', meaning 'good', and a bit of extra data
  sys.puts('STATUS: ' + response.statusCode);
  sys.puts('HEADERS: ' + JSON.stringify(response.headers));

// set encoding for showing content
  response.setEncoding('utf8');
  
  // bit by bit build the page - when data is received, simply 'puts' to the output of the terminal
  response.addListener('data', function (chunk) {
    sys.puts('BODY: ' + chunk);
  });
});
// with all that setup, start the request, according to the API documentation
// but I'm getting complaints that the httpClient has non end() method to call here...
request.end();